African Independence Party for Guinea and Cape Verde

Boé

town located on the Corubal River in southeastern Guinea-Bissau. It was the site of the declaration of independence put forth in 1973 by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde; PAIGC). The mayor of Bissau city, Juvencio Gomes, announced at the country’s independence in 1974 that Boé would...

BRITANNICA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015

Guinea-Bissau

...it supported, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, lost, but the outcome was accepted by all. José Mário Vaz defeated Nabiam in a runoff in May and was inaugurated as president in June. President Vaz’s African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde agreed to work with the main opposition Social Renewal Party to grant amnesty to the leaders of the 2012 coup. Critics said that this would...

Cabo Verde

...colonial population began to agitate for complete independence from Portugal for both Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. One such group, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde; PAIGC), was founded in Bissau in 1956 and headed by Amílcar Cabral, a gifted revolutionary leader and theoretician. Its...

Cabral

agronomist, nationalist leader, and founder and secretary-general of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde; PAIGC), who helped lead Guinea-Bissau to independence. He was a leading African thinker of the 20th century.

Guinea−Bissau

...tabanca (village) or, in towns, the neighbourhood committee. During and after the liberation struggle the neighbourhood committee was the basic organizational unit of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde; PAIGC), initially the sole legal party for Guinea-Bissau and Cape...

In 1956 a group of Cape Verdeans founded the national liberation party for Guinea and Cape Verde—the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde; PAIGC). Most notable of its leaders was Amílcar Cabral, a brilliant revolutionary theoretician. At first the PAIGC’s goal was to achieve independence...

The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) found ready support in those Portuguese colonies for its message of social and economic advancement through political revolution. In 1961 it adopted a flag somewhat similar to those of the neighbouring independent countries of Guinea and Ghana, which were then discussing a future federation of West African lands. To their...